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How the U.S. Will Become a 3rd World Country (Part 2)

The United States is quickly coming to resemble a post industrial neo-3rd-world country. Unemployment, lack of economic opportunity, falling real wages and household incomes, growing poverty and increasing concentration of wealth are major trends in the U.S. today. Behind these growing problems are monetary...

Posted to Hera by Ron Hera on Sun, Jul 1 2012
Filed under: Filed under: Federal reserve, CPI, GDP, IMF, OTC derivatives, unemployment, federal deficit, federal debt, Banking Act of 1933, income tax, federal employee retirement benefits, True Money Supply, CFMA, Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, federal government, U.S. Military, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, too big to fail, wealthiest 1% of Americans, payroll tax, wars in Afghanistan, The Quiet Coup, carbon tax, Milton Friedman, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, Allen Greenspan, CFTC, Glass–Steagall. Commodity Futures Modernization Act, SNAP, Simon Johnson, war in Iraq, USA PATRIOT Act, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, distribution of wealth, U.S. Census Bureau, corporate tax, FYFSD, financial weapons of mass destruction, Medicare, International Monetary Fund, wages, national sales tax, FBI, SEC, value added tax, Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act, Gross Domestic Product, Consumer Price Index, capital gains tax, Social Security, NFORBRES, VAT, TMS, food stamps, EMRATIO, Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodities Futures Trading Commission, U.S. economy, lobbying, poverty, CPIAUCSL, corruption, GLB, Federal Bureau of Investigation, median household income, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, BAPCPA, AHETPI, Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act, bank bailout, unfunded liabilities, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Gini Coefficient

How the U.S. Will Become a 3rd World Country (Part 1)

The United States is increasingly similar to a 3rd world county in several ways and is accelerating towards 3rd world status. Economic data indicate a harsh reality that obviates mainstream political debate. The evidence suggests that, without fundamental reforms, the U.S. will become a post industrial...

Posted to Hera by Ron Hera on Sun, Jul 1 2012
Filed under: Filed under: Federal reserve, CPI, GDP, IMF, OTC derivatives, unemployment, federal deficit, federal debt, Banking Act of 1933, income tax, federal employee retirement benefits, True Money Supply, CFMA, Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, federal government, U.S. Military, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, too big to fail, wealthiest 1% of Americans, payroll tax, wars in Afghanistan, The Quiet Coup, carbon tax, Milton Friedman, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, Allen Greenspan, CFTC, Glass–Steagall. Commodity Futures Modernization Act, SNAP, Simon Johnson, war in Iraq, USA PATRIOT Act, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, distribution of wealth, U.S. Census Bureau, corporate tax, FYFSD, financial weapons of mass destruction, Medicare, International Monetary Fund, wages, national sales tax, FBI, SEC, value added tax, Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act, Gross Domestic Product, Consumer Price Index, capital gains tax, Social Security, NFORBRES, VAT, TMS, food stamps, EMRATIO, Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodities Futures Trading Commission, U.S. economy, lobbying, poverty, CPIAUCSL, corruption, GLB, Federal Bureau of Investigation, median household income, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, BAPCPA, AHETPI, Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act, bank bailout, unfunded liabilities, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Gini Coefficient

Find the Austrian Theory for This Factor Price

A single worker can, in one hour, produce a paperweight as described below. Find the Austrian Theory that deals with the wage rate that the worker earns. Paperweight Description : Name - FRN-Brick Paperweight Market Price - $200 Manufacturing Process - Start with a clean freely available brick and cover...

Posted to Austrian Analysis by Anecdote by Don Lloyd on Sun, Aug 3 2008
Filed under: Filed under: factor, wages

hourly wages.

what did Mises have to say about the hourly wage (in comparision to the piecemeal wage)?

Posted to Attackdonkey by Attackdonkey on Mon, May 5 2008
Filed under: Filed under: hourly rate., wages, pay

Sir Richard Branson tells strikers to find another job

This story on the BBC put a big smile on my face. 4800 cabin crew workers voted to strike next month over lower-than-normal pay levels offered by Branson's Virgin Atlantic airline. Branson put his foot down and said in a letter to his staff that he would not meet the pay demands of the union and...

Posted to Cigars, Scotch and Anarchy by libertyboom on Mon, Dec 31 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Virgin Atlantic, unions, Sir Richard Branson, wages, BBC, CEO, labor, management